Lift Up Journeys: Women in Life Sciences

In this episode of Lift Up Journeys, Katy was joined by the excellent Aziza Johnson, global head of regulatory and patient safety RD at Recordati Rare Diseases. Aziza is a regulatory and development executive who's been delivering on startup and global companies missions to support patients through groundbreaking new drugs for over 25 years. Aziza joined us to talk about her im

In this episode of Lift Up Journeys, we were joined by the incredible Jennifer Chadwick, former Chief Scientific Officer at Protogene. Dr. Jennifer has 20 years of experience leading teams in the discovery, research, and development of biological therapeutics and is recognised for her expertise in the analytical development, formulation, and stability of biotherapeutic drugs. Jenni

In this episode of Lift Up Journeys, we were joined by the incredible Arunima Dhar. She is the Vice President of Supply Chain at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Arunima has over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and consumer goods industries. She has global experience managing large investment programmes and delivering operational turnarounds, and she is adept at delivering co

In this episode of Lift Up Journeys, Katy was joined by the amazing Marta Parmar. She is the Chief Quality, Regulatory and Pharmacovigilance officer at Ferrer. Marta has over 22 years of combined R&D and regulatory experience in the pharmaceutical industry. She's focused her work on driving registration and enabling early access of innovative medicines in a variety of the

In this episode of Lift Up Journeys, we were joined by the fantastic Linda Bowen. She is the Executive Director - chief of staff and head of the regulatory centres of excellence at Seagen, a global biotechnology company dedicated to developing revolutionary therapies with real impact. Linda has over 40 years of experience in the Biopharma industry, with 30 of those years in the re

In Episode 5 of the Lift Up Journeys podcast, we spoke with Donielle Johnson, the Vice President Global Regulatory Affairs in Medical Devices at Bausch + Lomb, about her career journey through the life sciences space. Donielle has worked at a number of leading companies in the life sciences, including Medtronic, Philips and Johnson & Johnson. During the podcast, she shared the

In Episode 4 of the Lift Up Journeys podcast we were joined by Melisa Medrano, the Director of Talent at Sonoma Biotherapeutics, a company that’s developing engineered regulatory T cell (Treg) therapies to treat serious autoimmune and inflammatory diseases driven by an imbalanced immune system. Melisa is also active in improving diversity and inclusion across the industry, as wel

In episode 3 of Lift Up Journeys we were joined by Lisa Stehno-Bittel, the President and Founder of Likarda, a biotech company that’s developing enabling technologies to transform the way cell therapies are delivered and optimised. Lisa shared her story of founding a start-up straight from academia, as well as her experiences that led her to be named as one of the Top 50 Women L

In this episode of Lift Up Journeys we were joined by the wonderful Debra Webster, who is the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Aditum Bio, an innovative biotechnology research company that’s making medication more accessible. Debra has over 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical research and the regulatory environment, giving her a wealth of knowledge in the life scienc

In Episode 1 of the Lift Up Journeys podcast, we spoke with Eylem Demir Sentürk, the Founder & CEO of Women on Stage, about the work she does to mentor and support women in the life sciences industry in Switzerland. Eyelem has a fascinating background, having started her professional career in private banking before moving into the life sciences 22 years ago, thanks to a desir